The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-03-04
SPIRITS,
BUT NOT OF" JUST MEN MADE PER-
FECT.1.
A Very Strange Record and Maserializlng
ut Seanoe.


ualistic naturalization is advancing
in New York with giant strides. A
new medium is in the field, and she is a
very Richmond in the art. The pale,
shadowy. impalpable beings summoned
up from the vastly deep or down from
the blue dome above, as the case may
be, which are seen at most of the ma
terializing cabinets have no charms
for her. She, like the stout and sturdy
woman that she is, goes in for the
whole thing or nothing. Instead of
the shrinking spirits that will scarcely
allow mortal to touch their clay-cold
hands, she produces spirits that hug
and kiss and kick up their toes and
dance the can-can, and talk and eat
and sit on a fellows lap, and whose
flesh has the warmth of vigorous
human life and the magnetic sympathy
of an ardent nature. The wonderful
medium has not been long in the bust
ness, having graduated from the Onset
Bay spiyitualistic camp meeting only
last summer. AZ thought" she re-
marked to reporter present at the
search, that naturalization wanted a
boom onward. 1t has not been pro-
crossing as it should. l saidto my self,
eff spirits can be materialiZed at all,
why should they not be made strong
and firm so that they could walk
around, talk and give satisfaction to
their earth friends? We wanted
stronger spirits, who could do anything
they had done in earth life. and these
are brought out at my cabinet, the only
cabinet in the world where spirits of
superior development congregate."
This remarkable. woman is short and
stout in person, brown eyes sparkle in
pleasant face and her hair is so dark
that when she puts on blonde wig no
person would recognize her or take her
for the medium. The lady is said to
be good wife and mother. but with
the assistance of a mediumistic young
man she finds opportunity to give
seances three or four times week in a
flat on Eighth avenue. In professional
life she is known as Mrs. Moore. The
first popularity of Mrs. Moore's medi-
umship which the visitor notices
is how she gets into a trance befor,
she enters the cabinet at all. In that
condition she goes around the circle
muttering gibberish and acting. with
supreme Stiffness. Then she enters the
cabinet and soon after a spirit called
Egypta comes out and shakes hands
and talks to her. Her extraordinary
resemblance to the medium is explained
by the statement that she is the me-
dium'S sister. This satisfies the ardent
believers. Egypta makes quite free
with the sisters hands and will squeeze
a fellows hand in the heartest kind of
a way. 1t is only when some scepitcal
man begins to pinch her limbs too
hard to find ont if they are real flesh
that she puts in any protest. and then
she Will only say in the miltlest voice,
don't be so familiar, please" But if
Egypta takes fancy to q sitter she
will deposit her very substantial self
in his lap and put his head in chancery
with her arm, and breathe into his ear
soft nothingS. Then Eyvpta kisses all
the male sitters and weaves lace for
the females and takes her departure.
to be followed by Lucille Western that
poor Ov"rWorEed spirit who is called
out at almost every materializing cabi-
net in the country. Miss We,tern
looked very cheerful and vigorous and
declared that this was the only cabinet
at which She could fully develop her
self. She said she felt as good as ever.
The reporter doubted that she was all
solid flesh and intimatpd that she had
a wooden foot, whereupOn she kicked
I'm on the shins, and. holding up her
loot as high rs she could raise il wrig-
gled her toes in the doubteg's face to
show that she was all right i'm her un-
drrpinnllg. She declared she would
soon he able to command strength
enough to appear on the streets and
enjoy herself among her friends as Of
old. The rrDorter invited her to dine
with him at DelmonicoS and she prom
ised tn do so in Il short time. She then
brough; IN apple around the circle and
invited all to take bite. A wicked
man, Tiled with curiosity. put out his
hand to feel the texture of her garment
extraordinarily, he said-Caught her
by the bare knee. ut which she lifted
her foot and gently touched him under
the chin in playful fashion. Then
appeared very lively spirit. She came
out to II lady in the circle. She brought
with her some clothing which she
wanted to show. She explained that
ladies after they had passed TO the spirit
life retained their love of dress. She
brought the garment around the circle
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